work yourself in that. division opens up in the united states a song with some rights groups and even a twenty twenty presidential contender for all of those them on the swift extradition trial of the now arrested whistleblower. would be. the message that we're getting that the american people are getting by what's happened here today is you know be quiet the line otherwise there will be consequences. proves arms exports to saudi arabia. according to german media reports. a branch of sudan's military announced his support for

a transparent elections with international observers asking for a transition period and the new constitution as well look at the roots of the north african countries internal conflict. thanks for joining us live in r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins wherever you are today you're very welcome with us on the program this hour now since the rest of the wiki leaks co-founder at london's ecuadorian embassy on thursday the focus has turned to his potential extradition to the u.s. that's because for years a song was at the helm of a website which revealed damaging classified information about washington and its intelligence services. as more and how the arrest is being perceived on the other side of the atlantic. there have been a number of voices that have spoken up against the possible extradition of julian assad and warning about the impact it could have on civil liberties now among those

voices was a congresswoman from a hole why a name is tossing gabbert and in addition to being a congresswoman she is also a presidential contender in two thousand and twenty she spoke up saying that the possible chill effect and impact on american civil liberties from this case would not be small this is a threat to journalists but it's also something that threatens every american because the message that we're getting that the american people are getting by what's happened here today is you know be quiet toed the line otherwise there will be consequences now the american civil liberties union is one of the oldest civil rights and civic freedom organizations in the united states has taken many cases to the u.s. supreme court it has represented journalists as well as activists and others who are trying to expand the level of freedom of speech and freedom of the press they have also spoken up regarding the wiki leaks case any prosecution by the united

states. publishing operations would be unprecedented and unconstitutional would open the door to criminal investigations of news organizations prosecuting a foreign publisher of violating u.s. secrecy tools was sit and especially dangerous president the u.s. journalists who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public's interest now in addition to these voices that have spoken up in support of a songe there has been a large amount of voices speaking up calling for harsh punishment essentially for assad a number of mainstream political figures have given their two cents essentially saying that they they think this is willing to sign on should be punished and dealt with harshly this is some of what we have heard it would be really good to get him back on united states soil so now. our property do we get the facts and the truth from you but the bottom line is he has a answer for what he. has done he says it isn't hard now that last voice that you

just heard was hillary clinton the presidential candidate for the democrats in twenty sixteen now at this point just facing charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion it's alleged that he worked with chelsea manning who is now being detained by u.s. officials that he worked with her in order to try and crack the code to the department of defense in order to get information that was eventually leaked now eventually chelsea manning committed in iraq now in addition to that wiki leaks published e-mails from the democratic national committee during the two thousand and sixteen elections they published e-mails from john podesta hillary clinton's aide and it was widely alleged that those e-mails came about they were received as the result of a hack however at this point with the leaks as of on maintain they received these e-mails as the result of an internal leak or the leaker provided them with these e-mails that was not hacking in order to get these e-mails now many suspect that

even though there is simply been a request to extradite julian a songe on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion which only holds a penalty of possibly five years many suspect that when he reaches the united states he could be facing a much more serious situation at this point we've seen mike pence the u.s. vice president has come forward and said that wiki leaks and julian assad are working for foreign governments i want to ask you about something bad in my campaign when he was the cia the cia director said he called weekly leaks a nine state house intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia do you agree with that characterization yes we strongly agree with that that's where the justice department is now seeking extradition and we're going to bring julian saw to justice now when asked by reporters u.s. president donald trump he seemed to say that he was not familiar with the case he didn't know much about wiki leaks however. people look at what he said on the campaign trail in two thousand and sixteen he seemed quite familiar with the outlet let's take a listen to what the u.s.

president said and compare it with what he said on the campaign trail you know nothing about wiki leaks it's not my thing and i know there is something having to do with julie i've been seeing work separately with a sergeant and that will be a determination i would imagine mostly by the attorney general who's doing an excellent job so he'll be making a determination i know nothing really about him it's not my it's not my deal in life wiki leaks were key leaks wiki leaks but you leaks it's been amazing what's coming out on wiki leaks leaks the wiki leaks ricky leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks and wiki leaks documents wiki leaks i love work you like. so now at this point all eyes are on britain julian assange just lawyers have said he could be tortured if he's extradited to the united states people are wondering what will happen next but here in the usa we've heard a number of voices speaking up on

a songe we have but also a number of voices calling for his harsh punishment journalist and wiki leaks supporter cassandra fairbanks who was one of the last reporters to visit a silence at the embassy has revealed details about his final days. well at that point things were really bad visited previously and it was friendly and welcoming and it was slowly degrading each time i visit and this time it was pretty openly hostile he got into a huge fight with the ecuadorian baster after they locked me in a room a heavily surveilled room and tried to force us to have a meeting in there they wanted to search him and searches lawyer before they could come eat with me none of these things that ever happened before in to any guest not just me in almost seven years and he's been there he wanted to meet with me so that he could report on the illegal treatment that he was being you know met with at the embassy at the hands of the embassy and he is the ambassador of working with the u.s. government and said that they were conspiring with the us against him and these are

the people who are supposed to be giving him asylum he is released some keys potentially for a dead man's switch and. i think that if he's not treated well there could be more shoes to drop i think he is the biggest hero of freedom of press and i think that everybody needs to get on board for i was so low edward snowden was himself forced to seek asylum off the leaking classified information back into a fifteen x. on a. worlds apart program last songs where he preferred to switch places with snowden is what he had to say about going. on like every prisoner. and have. visitors to make telephone calls but i want to make them you know simple yes of course they are monitored. we. have ways to avoid that want to transfer. quite unusual.

i was able to coordinate how it would snowden's asylum. with myself being in this situation of having us work to asylum because i was very highly motivated having been in this situation myself i didn't want to see it with snowden go through it as well would you trade places with edward snowden. right now and yet in a heartbeat yes that is certainly to be free in russia. and have some type of freedom of movement internationally is much preferred will to any person. myself for chelsea manning or many others who are. kept in effectively in confined to one.

small space. supporters of the formal became a chief have been showing their solidarity both in the u.k. and stateside in washington they gathered outside the british embassy to decry his possible extradition to the united states in london people gathered outside the court where the songs are being taken. or any society has more now she's been following the international global solidarity standing with the sun for all of its past revelations political figures could be hiding the human rights watch which they say are a voice of justice has been speaking about an investigative journalism worldwide they say that in this now might think twice about publishing news of public importance or government scrutiny now they've also criticized the trumpet ministrations open hostility to mainstream media which the group say creates a dangerous environment now for fellow journalists and fellow whistle blower as they say that this is

a dark moments images that work with those in buses inviting the case secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher off like it or not it was within journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books critics may cheer but this is a dark moment for prostrate them the g.o.g. says part of what a science did to just before his prosecution beyond allegedly helping manning get the documents is that he encouraged manning to get more documents for him to publish journalists do this with sources constantly is a criminalization of journalism here in the u.k. though the prime minister welcomed the songes of arrest but the labor leader jeremy corbett strongly opposed it he says that his son should not be extradited to the united states and this was about exposing u.s. military atrocities in iraq and afghanistan these statements as well have been echoed by international figures across the world we're hearing strong political condemnation saying that the the arrest is also a shameful act in what you want us to live in miranda has made a u.

turn in ecuador says. the foreign politics of ecuador is far from sovereignty and completely deviated from the original focus with a conservative agenda i would even use the strong words sold out and not bearing sovereignty in relations to the us it is something that it if you think that i mean that we are talking about. the war. abuses and violation of human and international right. as politicians the drawer of political asylum by ecuador is a gross violation of international law as well as violations of the right for political asylum and their arrest by british police within the compound of the ecuadorian embassy is a disgrace. now a son faces an extradition hearing on the second of may seventh next challenge is the legal action battle but one thing's for sure this expulsion and the potential consequences have gone is an outcry world wise about what free speech really means

. wrote to a human rights lawyer representing edward snowden believes a song has already served his time while being trapped in acquittals a missing. human and. other trip potentially. to actually act on that charge. mr savage. in order truly to ecuador and this. you know why one key point here is you know with the u.s. government. you know it's tradition or you actually acknowledge that it's only seven years i've talked to you. you know take that into account. your thing is trial. which is more than five years now but. turks are going underground program spoke to a saunders long term legal advisor geoffrey robertson he explained why exactly he

believes a breach of bio was not the real reason behind the arrest you kind of watch the full interview of course later on saturday for now though here's a quick preview. the home secretary said to job ahead of the release of further or further arrest of said he's right be facing justice in the u.k. where he's not facing justice in the u.k. other than for breach of bail which is a very minor offense usually dealt with by a five or a few weeks in prison these politicians so that maybe they'll stir up the judges to give him a couple of months but the justice that he's facing in is justice or in justice in america which wants him and has charges rid easy for up to forty five years imprisonment the trump argument is this that the first amendment which protects journalists for him asleep only apprise to

american journalists and doesn't apply to any foreign journalist even those working for american papers in fact given goodale who was the hero of the pentagon papers case he was the lawyer for the new york times he came out of retirement the other day and he said we're sondra case however much you dislike because. his case is the most important for media freedom since the pentagon papers case. and the headline special forces have carried out a counter terror operation in the russian city of two men two men suspected of plotting a terror attack were killed in the raids artie's video agency ruptly obtained this footage of the firefight.

russia's national at a terrorism committee says the men started shooting at special forces officers who then returned fire killing the attackers it was said to be linked to islamic state no civilian casualties or injured officers are reported residents of nearby houses have been evacuated to a temporary shelter until morning. germany have given the green light for arms exports through some countries involved in a given civil war including saudi arabia that's according to media outlets which have reportedly obtained documents from a government meeting piece all of the reports from berlin. germany has a ban on selling weapons to saudi arabia but what we are hearing is that a number of companies have been able to circumvent that ban to various different means if we look at the. base. transport equipment company they specialize in trailer technology and equipment they've been sending their stuff to

france france doesn't have a ban on sending weapons to saudi arabia they've been going from france then on to saudi a similar things been happening with the cobra radar artillery targeting systems they've been sent to the united arab emirates along with software updates for pay for that system as well eventually then reaching. the war in yemen and reaching saudi arabian military hands now opposition figures here in germany as you would imagine outraged at this seems like the government can't wait when it comes to producing weapons for the yemen where alliance in light of the latest attacks on the yemeni school children this is simply a shameless killing of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul prompted berlin to well council weapons sales to saudi arabia in fact the the deal making sure that there would be no more deal was extended at the end

of last month by the german government. and it's our flag and we demand that the participating company since this time the export ban to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates stealing this period when dealing with their contract practice and the federal government will also commit to not using these jointly produced products in yemen and that while there is a lot of pressure on germany from the likes of france and the united kingdom for berlin to start selling arms to saudi arabia again the argument from the british side is that if we stop selling weapons to the kingdom of saudi arabia we would lose. influence over the world perhaps trying to get them to move away from the conflict in yemen interesting that they would try and move away from that conflict by selling them more weapons particularly well what we're hearing from the likes of human rights watch is this ban by germany is the right way to go in trying to help the embattled people of yemen what we have at the moment is

a situation where there's thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of food clean water in aid and not so much in need of billions of dollars worth of weapons being sold to those that are going to use them against them german m.p. and member of the left party andre who thinks pressure from france on the u.k. played a part in germany's decision. it's a clear breach of this extension is outrageous because it. was written in the coalition treaty that there should be no export to those countries who are involved in the human of or seems that there is. on the one hand that there is a lot of pressure from france and britain. a lot of pressure from from the arms industry from the companies because they know they gain

a lot of money out of these exports the german government is. using the idea of having a close friendship. for pushing new arms exports together with france with saudi arabia. police have used water cannon until gas to break up hundreds of people protesting in the algerian capital against the country's entire ruling system police have arrested over one hundred people at the protest well over two dozen officers have been injured it's the eighth consecutive friday of anti-government demonstrations rally comes ten days following former president with the flickers resignation so after the army chief called him to step down weeks later though the country's parliament announced. as the new interim leader for the next ninety days however many claim it's merely a bid by the same ruling clique to hold on to power.

sudan's rapid support force which is part of the military has called for a transitional period following the it also expressed support for transparent presidential elections involving step down in the face of huge opposition council replaced president a mark of living which later grew into a broader anti government movement when news of bush's rest came people took to the streets to celebrate his ousting over the mood of the protesters. a dictator falls and the people rejoice happy empowered optimistic it's it's always the same how many times have we seen this happen this decade revolution in africa in the middle east the dictator amal bashir was removed by the military which sided with the people. sort of what the hamiliton was really up to the military takes full responsibility for changing

the entire regime for a transitional period of two years in which the government will be handled by the armed forces. now you could understand why people are a bit miffed they rebelled risked everything to get rid of a dictator for freedom for democracy and what they go to the end is a military regime what has been just stated is frost's a coup and it is not acceptable they are recycling the faces and this will return us to where we have been on the other hand consider how much worse it could have been temporary military rule may just have been the lesser of two evils but these revolutions rarely and well.

you may recognize this picture it's from a different era most of the leaders either deposed in exile or dead countries no better off. a grim even depressing picture yet it seems people just don't learn from the past earlier this week we heard the same tired calls from the u.k. u.s.

norway calls for regime change. the demand for political change from the courageous and resilient people of sudan is becoming ever clear and more powerful the sudanese people are demanding a transition to a political system that is inclusive and has greater legitimacy there is a reason they wanted him gone out so much because he's a dictator they have plenty of tyrannical friends no because mr bashir like solly and gadhafi before him made inroads with the west's rivals boosted relations trade military and economic cooperation with china with russia iran. which i think if you get any air of iranian conflict will harm the whole region arrow counter ease and iran itself neither iran nor the arabs would leave the region i suppose the burst option is to kill exist and deal with the problems that

we have through dialogue and negotiations it is better than using guns and that it would appear was an unforgivable sin the united states considers africa its own and doesn't want anyone else on its tough unfortunately billions upon billions of us taxpayer dollars have not achieved this are effects they have not prevented other powers such as china and russia from taking advantage of african states increase their own power and influence from now on the united states will not tolerate this longstanding pattern of it without effect to be fair mr bolton hardly helped years of u.s. sanctions of civil war atrocities and the split up of the country have left their mark so don is a traumatised nation expecting democracy and magical reforms overnight is well

it was never going to happen or discuss the situation in sudan with african affairs analyst. lawrence freeman you think that unless the country's economy is improved it will stay mild and instability. well the problem they have right now is there is going there is a transitional military government as a result of a military coup and they put the two years as the outside process of moving towards a civilian government the problem they're having is eight economic conditions in sudan a very poor population is suffering from massive hardship of economic conditions and therefore the rebellion was in large part fueled by the economic conditions and unless the new government new steward establishing a new economic policy of the delany moving away from the i.m.f. and the western model distant situation is not going to be resolved in any time in

the near future and all the coals of united states in the west are going for democracy as a green government are really not going to have any effect if the united states and the west doesn't change their economic policy to receive that which they have helped destroy over the last twenty five thirty years. that's the headline for the south thanks for staying with us here at all times and i shall join us again and so two minutes for the latest global news update. that is finally how often julian assange was arrested within the dorrian embassy in london is widely expected he will be extradited to the united states to stand trial expected charges for espionage this is truly a dark day for journalists and journalist.

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